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upper 30's low '40's. your highs today will be the upper 50s. 55 downtown san francisco, along the coast low 50s, about 58 in san jose. by the end of the week we are watching a storm moving from western canada pushing south. spending rain throughout the day thursday, into friday. temperatures so low that friday into saturday we could see lower in the snow levels down to snow c level. we are an eye on thatsea level. if rates d 1,500 ft. level could get 4-6 in., 2-3 ft. at the 4,000 ft. level. 7 day around bay. a break
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from the wet weather today and tomorrow. by thursday, friday wet weather expected cold and rain. snow in the hills. a break on sunday george? >> george: interstate 80 in the westbound direction. in must be a serious crash blocking to lanes. it is managed to back up the traffic in this early, all the way back tto hear. it is ths low ride for interstate 80. slow from highway 4 in the westbound direction what had been a light, easy ride intel this accident was reported now changes with two lanes blocked. bay bridge toll plaza west bound ride not
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too badly backed up. slowing at the end of the east parking lot. 880 approaches still the best one and the toll plaza. easy trip across the upper deck. south bay through san jose looks great, there's not traffic today to back up the connecting ramp where yesterday iran free the entire morning.yesterday itr yesterday. i believe we will have an easy ride again this morning. but we do have our first hot spot. >> mark: kron 4 is yoli oh wait a minute we just lost her shortly we will get back to her. james? >> james: tragic turn of events in a developing story off the coast of africa. for
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americans have been killed by their captors. this is the first time they have been murdered by these pirates and that part of the world appeare. the u.s. navs say they have quickly bordered the captured yacht. after hearing gunfire and tried to give life-saving attention to the people. but they died. that is latest now, it's sad ending to that ongoing drama. the sad news is the four americans have been killed by their captors. >> darya: 65 people have been
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killed in new zealand. the damage in the 6.3 earthquake that struck. they say 100 people remain trapped under that rubble. you can see some people here digging through. this quake struck at the height of the busywork day. the mayor of christchurch have ordered people to evacuate the city center. >> or save here with nothing to fall on us. we lost our house in the last earthquake. or renting now and apparently that's trash and out to. >> it's very bad. >> i'm really upset. i'm upset
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what it did to the site. we worked so hard. >> we bounced all over the place. >> i don't want my husband is.nd is. >> darya: this is the second quake in five months. this quake caused a lot more damage. lookit that cracked work ways hereroad seven 06 a.m., back with more of a couple of minutes. all look at the approach to the bay bridge. lots of sunshine. it is cold out right now, but it will be the warmest day of the week later yesterday was presidents' day, today a lot of people have to get back to work. we will be
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>> darya: things you for waking up with kron 4 morning news. seven noseven down 9:00 a.m., ts will change we will get rain and even snow later this week. today and tomorrow the nicest day of the week. it will be 58 today, starting off cold. we have a long way to go to get to 58. then you see temperatures lie down until they fall off friday. it will be so cold we currency snow in the hills. showers sticking around for the weekend. sunday it looks like a break and a balkan temperatures but not the end of the chance of rain. team coverage continues yoli is it going up at all? >> reporter: for the last two hours it's been 32. at one point
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in dip down to 31. then it went back to 32. it has been steady ever since. people will walk out and find frost on your car. this guy has been parked overnight. you can see the frost on the windshield. you can't even see into the car. the big rig parked overnight. you can see some frost on the roof. when you walked out today, he might have to scrape off your window, because that's how cold is this morning. >> darya: 52 yoli. >> mark: the unrest in the middle east. libya becoming more deadly. protesters were shot by security forces. we are seeing the video coming out, a hand-held video. is top to come
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out of libya.gaddafi says the gl fight till the last bullet. italy will be evacuate people. having a waleffect on wall street today. yemen they are asking their leaders to step down. he has been the target of protests for three weeks now. he says he will not step down before 2013. he pledged security forces will not fire on the protesters. the king him but grain has ordered the release of political prisoners. all longtime member of the shiite operation is say it is a big step a positive gesture. more
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mass protest are planned. the leaders of the country's biggest operation opposition party says he plans a >> darya: to return. we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. lots of sunshine right now, hopefully that will warm things up soon.
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>> darya: top stories this morning the search continues in new zealand for people who are trapped under the rubble. it toppled tall buildings as you can see here. leaving piles of debris to sort through this morning. 65 people are dead at this point. they are looking for another hundred that are missing. this is the second quake in five months. a u.s. rescue team is on its way right
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now to help. >> mark: the latest on bay area weather cold outside this morning and good look at the golden gate bridge at least is a dry commute. liza has more. >> louisa: the sunshine by the afternoon will warmus not so much we will see the warmer temperatures of the week today. 42 in oakland, as we head over to the afternoon it will warm up to 57. this morning no temperatures around freezing, couple of degrees above in and napa and san rafael. in the south bay low 40's. satellite radar shows yesterday's storms sweeping to the south leaving a skirus to clear. board today 58n rosa, 55 san francisco.
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temperatures along the coast will stay to low 50s today. elsewhere mid to upper 50s tiere. there is a winter storm h for the lake tahoe area from the thursday afternoon until friday night. snow level could get down to 1,000 ft. as we head into the end of the week. gusting up to 50 mi. an hour. at 1500 flood level we could catch it 8 in. of snowfall, the three-4 ft. at the 400 ft. level. by thursday the rain sets and, the cold air as well. we're not just watching sierra snow levels drop but the bay area as well. there's a potential for to dip down to sea level. saturday expect showers to continue, sunday catch in a break. george?
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>> george: interstate 80 we had to lanes blocked westbound there really backed up traffic. the accident the block the lanes have been cleared to the shoulder, it is still slowing the ride. closer to the accident. speeds are picking up. but the back up has reached highway for, slower than usual traffic for 80. 580 is slow this morning in westbound direction, that is and livermore. the bay bridge not bad, it's the back up bridges to the end of the east parking lot, your ride is, at 80 the approach. the back up is only for the open toll lane westbound. we will take you to san francisco, the right on inbound central, slowing where
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it meets the skyway, but all in all not a bad ride as you head towards the peninsula. an update now as we go to james. >> james: federal government opened investigation into reports of stalling inches in more than 40,000 toyota highbred spirit they say they received 32 complaints, alleging stolid, on the freeway. the highlander highbred 2006 year. no crashes or injuries, but investigations like this could lead to a vehicle recall. we will let you know that happens. >> mark: is sacramento they are getting ready to close the budget hole. they're getting ready to tackle 223 bills. one bill comwould require neighbors
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been notified of patrol child molester, another bill would charge a penny tax on sugar sweetened beverages. >> darya: chocolate might be harder to come by because of instability in africa. the problem is centered around the cocoa export banned in the ivory coast. that produces 40 percent of the world's cocoa beans. ongoing battle involving busters presidential election led to this man. it has sent cocoa prices to a 30 year high. >> mark: we will be right back alive look from the sierra, under a winter storm watch from
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>> mark: a bit of the back up on the bay bridge toll plaza. alive look in oakland where it's 42 degrees, not a bad afternoon. upper 50s for your high. other stories former bell city manager robert rizzo facing a hearing on dozens of corruption charges. he's also flight record to hide his annual salary, he masterminded a scheme that looted more than five and a half million dollars from the city of bell. six other officials will be standing trial. >> darya: southern california
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one person is dead in a posbut e crash. it was a church bus loaded with 20 people. it collided with another car slammed into a tree and slid down a 50 flood snow curved in backbend. two occupants in the other vehicle were hospitalized. authorities are investigating these graffiti. you can see the messages they were discovered this morning. some of them say both men must die. the president was identified using a racial slur. the graffiti was a mile within other death threats of theirgovernor brown last
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week. in many well his the front runner the winner has declined 50% of the votes plus one to avoid a runoff on april 5th. >> mark: midwest digging out from another snowstorm. this is south dakota where they saw record snowfall. it is the largest one day total they have seen in february. families racing to get out of their homes in i'll walk >> in the face of flooding. ice jams caused the river to overflow. some owners say the water rose so quickly they didn't have time to get stuff out of their homes. flood warnings for several parts of the state. >> darya: 7:27 a.m., alive look from our roof on van ness ave. look at all that sun shine. it is cold and still out there.
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when the sun has time to warm things up will be up to 58 in the warmer spots. it's really delicious, mom.
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>> mark: we have seen oil rise to the hyacinth level in three years. or that khaddafi will be speaking again to the people this morning. he made that statement yesterday saying he had fled tripoli. we will follow the latest as gaddafi is expected to address the nation. >> darya: we are dealing with a cold morning this morning. we will get to live shots in a moment. it then see how coal
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that is out there. >> louisa: cold weather expected through the week. this afternoon will bring highs into the warmus days of the week.ware are looking for wet weather later this week. there is potential forced all levels to drop to sea level. of this san rosa at the freezing mark, a couple of degrees above that in napa. by the afternoon it looks like a lot of sunshine, clear conditions expected. that sunshine will or mass into the upper 50s. 55 in san francisco, 57 vallejo, napa, along the
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coast low 50s today, upper 50s and san jose. future cast 4 keeping an eye on the storm expecting to drop down from western canada a spreading showers southward thursday, and friday. snow levels will drop. we have a chance to have snow levels down to sea level. certainly keeping an eye on that. here's 7 day around bay. cold, rainy weather through thursday, friday. showers could persist on saturday, a break on sunday chance continues monday. george? >> george: continuing to track got hot spot on interstate 80, accident blocking to lanes we
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continue to see improving conditions near the scene of the accident. the back up reaches up to highway 4. so it is going to be slower than you would expect, where you would otherwise have had this was commute. that has been the only hot spot we have tracked this morning. your ride through marin county is not look bad. pretty good conditions for 1 01 southbound ride those are the headlights. an easy trip across this ban know whether related problems here. i did speak to chp over a fog advisory and they will update us on whether not in should still be in effect. that was on 92.
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earlier this morning it was below 50 ft. visibility. a manhunt in florida as we go to james. >> james: last couple of minutes from st. petersburg florida a major search for suspects to shot and killed a police officer late last night that search is underway this hour. this is moments ago from a satellite feed. officers at the command center going over the game plan parts they will search next. the officer that was killed was a 25 year veteran of the force. he was shot multiple times in the chest. this is the third st. petersburg police officer killed in less than a month. you can imagine the tension is high in that police department. they are working well through the night and into this morning continuing the manhunt trying to catch this
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person. we will follow the latest. if we learn anything further we will let you know >> mark:. out of new zealand it is the darkest day. 65 people confirmed dead, the damage buildings still falling after that 6.5 earthquake struck during the day yesterday. that earthquake rattling the region. >> reporter: just before 1:00 p.m. local time tuesday afternoon 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked christchurch region. the event was followed by powerful aftershocks. road buckled, buildings crumbled. survivors can barely believe it has happened again. the region
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is recovering from september's quake. unlike last time tuesday's earthquake hit the middle of the day. streets were crowded and office buildings fall. this time there are dozens of fatalities. city's cathedral is in ruins. >> people running out from under the desk. there are no words. >> reporter: people are digging through rubble to free people who are trapped. cranes are trying to rescue people in tall buildings. power is out, water mains have snapped. >> extremely worrying situation. obviously. >> darya: death of to walnut creek teenagers killed in a rafting trip. the bodies of
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matthew and his friend devon were found in the water and pulled out sunday after the two went rafting. grief counselors will be on hand today. pleasanton police are asking for your help in identifying a man. . pleasanton police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man whose body was found this morning along an old railroad easement. the body was discovered at about 7:20 a.m. at the foot of an embankment south of valley avenue and east of case avenue. the victim was a white man who appears to have been in his late 40s or early 50s, with thinning gray hair, who was mostly bald. he was between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall, and he weighed 250 to 260 pounds. he was wearing gray shorts and a blue long- sleeved sweatshirt, and had tennis shoes at the time of his death. the man appears to have been walking down the railway easement and might have been heading home from raley's supermarket. the death is being considered suspicious. >> mark: police standoff we carried live yesterday. it ended
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yesterday after lasting six hours. it was prompted by a domestic disturbance when shots were fired. a woman was inside with a boyfriend. the swat team corn off the street. after six hours the couple surrendered. the wall and was upset but she they do not believe she was being held against her will. >> darya: it is cold out there around the bay today. colden topple for sure. we are waiting for another storm to hit. a live shot here interstate 80. we have lots of snow but boy is it cold. we will be right back.
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>> darya: san jose's police chief has broadened the definition of racial profile. to deal with officer bias. the new
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policy mix and a violation to show any by his behavior at any time. he was previously a violation only if the officers stopped an individual solely because of race or gender. he is demanding a closer look at the bias complaints they get in the past four years. police investigated 150 complaints but dismissed all of them. >> mark: moves being made to protect the stadium. they are taking the product of approach to secure $4 million they count on. in a meeting scheduled for this evening the council plans to memorialize certain terms of the deal appeared shortly after governor brown took office he propose to do away with redevelopment agencies and take away the money. right now santa clara has no backup plan should they lose $40 million in redevelopment funds at their going to use to build the stadium >> darya: 7:42 a.m., we will be
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back with more of a couple of minutes. the golden gate bridge. there are a lot of cars on the bridge right now. i guess you only had yesterday off. lots of sunshine and it is cold.
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>> darya: welcome back, focusing on the weather today, the big changes coming. >> louisa: starting you off with your cold temperatures at the freezing mark still at this hour in san rosa. few degrees above that in napa and san rafael. in livermore valley is at 33. the south bay we are in the 30's, and in to san jose. 44 san francisco. this afternoon brings us warmer temperatures. 58
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percent rosa, 56 novato, 57 through oakland, hayward, into mountain view. your satellite showing the storm from yesterday rolling down the coast. leaving us with clear conditions today, lots of sunshine. that changes by the end of the week. a storm dropping down from western canada bringing us wet weather, even snow. here's the time line. by thursday that's when the showers move south. they spread them southward. snow levels drop down to about 1,000 ft. early friday. by late friday, saturday snow levels could get down to 500 ft.. even dropping down tuesdato sea levels. four-8
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in. at 1,500 ft., 2-3 ft. at 4,000 ft.. hoosiers' seventh day around the bay sunday in for the next couple ohere sure . there it snow and rain moves and on thursday, friday stick around until saturday clearing out by sunday >> louisa. >> james: we have delays along highway 80. we may see some improvement here but it could take awhile to work itself out. as we say it has been cleared
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from the roadway. no longer blocking any lanes. heavy traffic relatremains. you can s0 the approach is not backed up. the real back up is past the administration building. this is the meter and light back up for the bridge. sematech a bridge it has been lighter than usual on the westbound side. it earlier this morning there was the fog advisory. that has been left it. lifted. for some stretch the visibility is only 15 ft.. >> james: following the latest
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with the federal government. they have open an investigation into stalling engines in highlander hybrids. they say they have received 32 complaints, alleging stalling vehicles from the 2006 model year. no crashes or injuries but they want to look into the spirihis. >> darya: 7:50 a.m., all warning for safeway shoppers in the oakland hills. six people have been robbed after leaving the store. the suspects going after one particular type of shopper. will tran reports. >> will: reportedly the suspects go after elderly shoppers at the safeway store offer of red blood road. the victims, they come out
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of the store with their groceries, blow their cars, start to drive home not knowing the suspects are following them. once they reach their homes, that is when the suspects pelts on them at gunpoint. i put a phone call into the oakland police department. as soon as i get more affirmation on this case, one person did tell me this morning is more than a month old. will tran kron 4 news. >> darya: bay area home sales have dropped since december. the cells are higher in 2011 than the same time in 2010. in the bay area napa county had the highest increase rising 35.6%. >> mark: following the latest as the standoff continues in
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wisconsin, the wisconsin governor says he won't compromise on his right to strip away collective bargaining rights. protesters continue in the 14 democrats have left the state. they have not returned and they cannot go without their presence. the union says it would increase the cost of benefits but not their removal of collective bargaining rights. senate democrats left last thursday and they have talked to the republicans on the telephone. they refuse to return back to the state. >> darya: we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. alive look at 101 northbound on the right-hand side. a bit slow but not too bad.
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>> mark: the growing protest in
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libya, the man who seized power 42 years on " gaddafi trying to remain in power. he is speaking to people let's listen in. >> the e revolution means sacrifice, all the time until the end of life. this is my country, the country of my grandfather, and your grandfather. we have irrigated with our blood. we are more qualified than others, then those agents, among those agencies that are agents to the foreign intelligence service. they brought shame to their children. shame to their family. they brought shame to their tribes. those do not have tried
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this. good tribes of libya. to let all of them chanting together. they all challenge. they defy america with its power. we define the atomic powers appeared we have one, become victorious. cursing the hand of the murder. this is glory for us. for the whole libya and arab and moslem
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spirit this i. this is the glort they want. >> mark: gaddafi speaking right now to libya people. there seem protests there and potential changing government. we saw big drop in wall street. are rise in oil prices as we follow the latest. we will be are rise in oil prices as we follow the latest. we will be right back into minutes.♪ [ female announcer ] starbucks via is planted the same... ♪ ...harvested the same... ♪ ...and roasted the same as our other premium coffees. it only makes sense it would taste the same. so, try it for yourself. buy a pack of 100% natural starbucks via ready brew. we promise you'll love it or we'll send you a bag of starbucks coffee. it's the starbucks via taste promise.
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>> james: >> mark: everyone is talking about the potential for snow and san francisco. >> james: those snow levels could get down below thousand feet, down to sea
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level in fact. friday and saturday forget that cold weather. colchester, today and brought the war stays of the week. the colt will build in, though what, the rain, possibility of snow even in to san francisco. temperatures range our low '40's upper thirties. 34 napa. 33 fairfield. everyone is starting off very cold, warming up nicely this afternoon. getting up to mid to upper 50s. 55 san francisco. 57 from oakland down to hayward, fremont, livermore. mountain view is also expecting 57. let's take go live look at the pacific, we have that system
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spiraling south of the bay. that is what to bring in as the cloud cover. all of that cold air diving in from the gulf of alaska. that is what gives is that really chilly friday into saturday. we will see showers probably thursday into north and south. snow levels drop 2,000 ft.. lord even further late friday and saturday. getting down to 500 ft., maybe even sea level. it will be interesting to see what the weather is light. winter storm watch said for the sierra.set for this year.ths a look at your 7 day around the bay. today, tomorrow the
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best days for anything outside. thursday-friday cold air, we hang onto that really cold forecast as we had to do weekend. overnight lows = below freezing. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: there is the hot spot, interstate-80 it has been for 40 minutes. an accident westbound-80 it blacked things up. rush is clear from all lanes in the freeway. look at this, traffic starts to slow on 80 on the westbound direction remaining heavy to san paulo into richmond. the lower east shore freeway is a pretty tough to read. it is back at the traffic coming out of that richmond and san rafael bridge. i will cite
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the map overcome assure yoshow u 680. heavy traffic, let's go to walnut creek. the back up reaches north of the south main street exit. tracking the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound, not too bad. it is improving. that back up is around the end of the east parking lot. 880 our approach has been good all morning long. what the advisory for stretch of 280. >> mark: a tragic turn of events, four americans held hostage have been killed. that is the first time u.s. citizens have been
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murdered in ongoing pirate attacks. it was hijacked last friday, and board were scott adams and his wife. also phyllis and bob both of seattle. it was been shattered by a u.s. navy warship they boarded the walk yacht after hearing gunfire. they tried to provide life-saving care, they were killed during this attack. to pirates were also killed. >> darya: this is christchurch, new zealand, some of this building is still coming down. after the six plan three earthquake, about 100 people are still trapped or an account for. 63 are dead. the buildings, churches, homes toppled.
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there is a state of emergency, people are ordered to evacuate the city center. >> quiltings arunta started to fall.the building started to fall. >> this could be it now. >> very bad. >> very scary, i am very upset. >> i just bounced all over the place. >> i knew it was a big one, low building was shaking. >> darya: this quake has cost more damage than all loss. most of the 65 people
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killed were onto buses. >> mark: the latest audit of the middle east, this is amateur video out of libya. street protests continue. the colonel just spoke live addressing the nation. reports of bodies on the streets of tripoli. protesters being shot by security forces. the son of the leader saying in a statement " the government will fight to the last bullet. " the italian air force is flying planes in to evacuate their citizens. the protests in yemen, thousands calling for their leader to step down. their leader said it will not step down before the end of his term in 2013. he is pledging that security forces will not fire,
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although medical officials are reporting that 11 have been killed during demonstrations. bob grant, the king is ordering the release of some political protesters--. bas-rhin. releasing the prisoners is a good step, it is not clear how many will be released. this is a video of the protesters at a funeral that is planned for one of the protestors that was shot last week. >> darya: 8:08 a.m. we'll be back with more of a couple of minutes. traffic is pretty steady in both directions, people are up, going places, maybe they extended that vacation and to a week.into a whole week. wel be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. honey...? [ mom ] yes.
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>> darya: today,,, nice cold mornings so then the cold starts and rain moves in. not just in the house but may be downtown. it will be cold enough we will get enough moisture so have those cameras ready we would love to see those pictures. >> mark: yoli is live rain now. >> reporter: it is cold inside the rain now. in the last air we moved up to decrease we're at 35. the son is making a difference. this car was completely trusted just in all of us are in melted away. you couldn't even see inside the car before. but, i will show you, if your car is in the shade that is a different
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story. you can still see some of the thrust is hanging around on the windshield. if your car is in the shade you have to start clearing it up. but it is still >> mark: very coldmark what you use your credit card? >> reporter: trustco curt. yes. >> mark: we have to get into gary's world so we'll take a break and we will be back with sports. a live look here at the james lick where it is also sunday and called we will be right back.
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(music) >> darya: 29 jerrywai till now tuphe is doing to the next thing to give up to much? >> gary: there's an old
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saying, especially when you play with five guys, whoever gets the best player wins the deal. >> darya: and football? >> gary: on volume of 11 and 11, that is a different story. you can only play five at one time in basketball. if i was in thethe nick's and i got the best player ever be happy. >> darya: i thoi thought there giving away a lot. >> gary: think so but it this way you can only play five people at one time. you have two stars, if you get three good guys around him you have something. football, you cannot give
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up of the first tremors. but basketball you can get with it. >> darya: spring training, they're saying is our media for the a's camp first as the giants because of some of the players. >> gary: i saw some pictures were there were 10 d.eep. it's amazing. i guess three years ago he was mvp of the world series but hasn't done anything that great yet. good for the a's if it gets them some attention. >> darya: the giants still have the attention. >> gary: listen, it just amazes me what is the guy up in seattle he's a great player. he's been there nine
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or 10 years and the international press is still there they love it here >> darya: we do not press at the giants' everyone wants to see what's gone on. brian wilson there's this whole thing about the way he spent the weekend. the foundation up a camp but but because he was with charlie sheen was the party in callwith charlie ss because there are the key but in a remake of a movie. he was consulted about making major league for. 4. >> gary: i think charlie is trying to rehabilitate himself. get the focus of his personal problems. good for him. i cannot emphasize that enough on wilson, all
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that stuff what ever they were doing, if you win and the team is going good all that stuff is colorful. if something happens that everybody is not happy. >> darya: >> gary: he's a young, single-it's not like to miss his kids little late game. >> darya: i just now he had set up back, but his that is good enough for the private jet to hang with charlie. (laughter) >> darya: what about the criticism saying that they get lazy and to interested in building mansions that no one is building a mansion except for a teacjitter?
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basically we all got richer and more focused on the wrong thing. >> gary: i never worry about them. not with his mission. that's a pretty good life. that is the one thing i don't like about spring training you have 1.5 months just to find something to talk about. so if you're in the middle of the season and you say that it goes unnoticed. these guys are just looking for something to talk about. >> darya: i go out of my way to talk about stuff, i will talk about the doctor's guide.dodgers guy. he held thata better contract he wanted a fire truck and he got it. a firetruck >> gary: of firetrucks?
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>> darya: yes. this being transported to his home town, on the border haiti. they don't have any fire protection there. >> gary: that's pretty good taking about other people. >> darya: 8 $7 million for a brand new fire truck. he got a used one that is all made in good they are flying get out compliments of his contract. the even said a firefightesaid a firefighter tow them how to use it. he's a one-man health-care plan anyone in that town he pays for it. >> gary: wow! >> darya: he is not out by a champagne and mansions. >> gary: good for him. >> darya: i love that.
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>> james: 7 a and conditions today, but changes beginning skiers to it, the rain returns and so does the snow. possibility of the snow as loess sea level friday into saturday. so bubbly back up is the shore the disease runs slow coming off the ridge. richmond 580 westbound i will have a checked straight ahead. >> mark: california news lawmakers are getting ready to focus on trying to close the $26.6 billion budget
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hall, they're getting ready to tackle 2003 under the 23 bills. they would requirsome woe written notice to neighbors' living within a dozen feet over pearled 12 offenders. another bill would church attacks of a penny per ounce on sugar sweet beverages money used to fight to house with a pc. >> darya: speaking of candy, chocolate could become harder to find because of instead battled the and africa. the country produces 40 percent of the world's cocoa beans used for making chocolate ongoing political battle of all been elections has led to the band that said cocoa prices to 30 your ride. >> mark:30 your high. we will be
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>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. the live look at san francisco,. we're all talking about the storm for the weekend. >> james: pretty exciting if we do materialize snow levels down below 500 ft. we may see snow this weekend in san francisco if everything goes according to the way it's looking. currently conditions are chile, 30 degree weather and the north bay. 38 napa, 36 san rafael, mid 30's and the livermore. this afternoon it will warm up nicely if you have in the outdoor plants today, tomorrow or the days to two. 55 san francisco,
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mid-50s concord, 56 redwood city. mid-upper 50s are our afternoon highs. this is the storm system that is pulling away from the coast that is what given us clear, sunny reconditions. cold air, rain coming with it. we may see snow. the big event will happen thursday night, the clock is set for 11:00 p.m.. that's when the rain finally hits of enough, we will see it all through the evening. friday and saturday with the cold air mixing with the rain we will see snow. let's break down how we think it will play out, the thursday- sunday. mainly looking for showers on thursday, then
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the snow potentially dropping down to 1000 free tt. potentially done to sea level that's when we might get treated to aid destined. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. beyond thursday and friday and the weekend we pull back on the rain and the still into session, said they come monday cold temperatures stay around not arming up much of the '40's. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: still slow, as we continue to check a hot spot interstate-80. westbound has not recovered from an earlier recuring accident which has long cleared. it is still slow coming down leading to hercules, that's for the slowest traffic begins. all the way through. the reddish or not that means speeds are down below
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25 mi. per hour. 9 mi. per hour here. look what it has done to the retina interstate-580. the westbound traffic is really slow on to their marriage. a rough ride here, i will swing the map out, check the red on interstate 680 still a hot spot here as well both in two walnut creek and into san ramon. leggett was bound to force, that has improved for the westbound right. premier to the bay bridge of look at the westbound commute to nbc checked into the toll plaza.into the toll plf
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heavy up to the mob dq expressway. >> darya: thank you, tragic turn of events in the story of the four americans who were held hostage by somali pirates aboard their boats. this marks the first time they american citizens have been murdered. it was hijacked last friday on board scott and his wife g. and phyllis and bought both of seattle. earlier this morning there been piloted and shattered by eight u.s. warships. they boarded after they heard gunfire try to provide life-saving services to those shot but they died.
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this is a live shot this is 40 minutes or so that he is been talking straight the u.s. in the meantime is condemning, appaling the violence in libya. security forces are greasing a bloody attack on the protesters. so far, he's found to fight the protesters and to die a barter. the stock markets are down because of all of the address in the middle east. we will continue to follow this. >> mark: the latest set of new zealand, at least 65 people confirmed dead here in the city of christchurch. buildings collapsed arteries 6.5 earthquake hit yesterday. >> reporter: just before
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1:00 p.m. local time tuesday afternoon as 6.3 earthquake rocked christ church in new zealand. the main event was followed by a powerful aftershocks buildings crumbled, route buckle. roads and buckled. survivors can barely believe it's happened again there's still recovering from last september's seventh 21 quake. unlike last time tuesday's hit in the middle of this date. streets were crowded, this time dozens of fatalities. the cities and conic cathedral is ignorance. >> to see the dust, people running out, there are no words. >> reporter: people are digging through rubble to try it free people. trains
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are being used to rescue people and tall buildings. dublin down, power is out, some water mains have snapped. >> this is extremely worrying situation. obviously. >> mark: it is now 5:30 a.m. on wednesday in the morning there. this is the latest photos coming ensuring firefighters tried to rescue people from the rubble of buildings. people being treated, rescued from collapsed buildings. rescue workers tried to work to free over 100 people there is what car completely crushed. these are scenes from the town of christchurch. people awaited rescue on top of the collapsed roof tops. you see some of the devastation.
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cars crashed on the street, look at this historic building, it is coming down. the rescue operations are continuing right now. we expect to get new video and image as soon. >> darya: warning for safeway shoppers in the oakland hills, at least six people have been dropped after leaving the store. the robbers go on after one particular type of shopper. the robbers are actually taking place when the victims get home. >> will: apparently the suspects are going after people who can least defend themselves the elderly at the safeway store. reportedly it starts right here, in the parking lot where the suspects city the other part wheat for the victims to come out. they load up their cars, then they draw upon thinking everything is ok. what they don't know is the suspects
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are following them. once the victim is free to their moms, that's when the suspects around the back of a point. --their loans. i spoke to several police officers they were told to be a lookout. apparently they're looking for a white s to be. i put a couple of " calls into the police department as soon as i get more information into them investigation which has begun on for more than a month i will pass on to you. >> darya: president obama is speaking from cleveland, we want to listen endin. >> interacting with the team and the surrounding community. i want to make some quick introductions, caramels is here. (cheering & applause)
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>> darya: he is carried on with the program their in cleveland, we will monitor this to see if he makes comments about libya. the white house spokesperson did, the government finds that the islands in libya appalling. we will monitor it. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.
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>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. pohjola's oppressed lots of sunshine on this cold morning. . it could bring snow very low. more former rebel city manager is facing a trial, is accused
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of buying off the council with salaries and falsifying records to hide his own $1.5 million salary. it included more than five by $5 million from the city of bell. >> darya: 7 california one person is dead in this bus crash. -7-california. it crashed into another car, traveling in the opposite direction. slammed into tree. the other passengers and to the people on the other vehicle were hospitalized. the polls are open in chicago. they could choose at jewish vs hispanic versus black woman as mayor. the winner has to get 50 percent plus one vote to
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avoid a runoff. >> mark: we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. a live look here from mount tam, still snow up there and more snow to come.
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>> james: and we are back we're talking about the weather is nice, crisp, cold air up there he will notice that in the north bay. temperatures in the mid-30s. 34 santa rosa, to 86 san rafael. 39 and fairfield still relatively cold out there only 35 degrees in livermore. low 40 several roles, this afternoon the mormon up to the mid-upper
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50s. 55 san francisco, 56 concord, 57 = the bay. tomorrow is all lot like what we will see tomorrow. after that this change, look at the cold air coming down at as the gulf of this the right there. you can see the first trains rolled through and then after that the snow. this is how we think it will break down showers thursday, down to 1,000 ft.. they will lower even more friday into saturday 500 ft. level. which means san francisco and every other bay area city could get a dusting of snow. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. temperatures in the
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mid-upper 50s. much of the same tomorrow. thursday, friday, saturday freezing mark and below. chile week ahead. --chilly >> george: interstate-80 is a hot spot, we've added some slowdowns. 80 has still not recovered from early morning accident that backed up the traffic beyond highway-4. a few breaks and the backup and the red on 580 has improved to only slightly. still slower than usual. still a hot spot is the ride on 680 southbound, as you head into and out of walnut creek. look at this, it is pretty heavy here in the
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northbound direction even leading at the san leandro from 238. it is even delayed in the southbound direction. we had a few minor accidents reported. because of that the ride down the nimitz freeway has been little to late. let's pick up your ride to send us say.san jose. sl sluggish, 101 is really the slowest ride. bay bridge westbound the backup is only from the end of the east parking lot. >> mark: to my residence in the midwest taking care of for yet another snowstorm here's the scene from dakota they had a record 15 in. of snow that was the largest one day total. from northern
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iowa these gems are forcing the water, the veterans opposed across several parts of the state. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. taking a live look from our mount tam camp lots of blue sky everything will change we could see snow much lower than mount tam coming up. we'll be right back.
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>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. parking in san francisco has always been a pacific game. in one neighborhood travelers are making their own rules. now, here is stanely roberts, with some people behaving badly. >> stanley: the treasurer of this credit is in a red
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stone facing the wrong way. --zone. the driver is still in the car and during barbequed chicken. you cannot parked and read sound. >> and not part.i am not part. >> stanley: police rolled up inside him for being on the wrong side of the street. this driving and parking habits leaves a lot to be desired. this trevor's double parked at a corner but his flashers or on so i guess to him that makes it ok. there are cars on the sidewalk and just about every street in the bayview in violation. but as one officer told me he is our right to get to as he wants to go at the end of that day. instead they placed these agreed warning fliers on vehicles. there are
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sections of san francisco where parking will almost guarantee you a hundred dollar plus fine. but in the bay view simply because they are threatened with bodily injury many refuse to write tickets. well i was there, i know this parking meters i go on and for spirit for the record i was threatened for taping so i can say it's pretty sketchy. >> do not put me on tv! >> stanley roberts kron4 conferences. >> mark: if you have a common our story idea you can e-mail stanley at breakingnews@kron4.com. >> darya: a live look here at city hall, lots of sunshine but it is cold. we will be right back..
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pop (music) >> mark: not a clock on the
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kron 4 morning news' top stories we're following for americans held hostage to have been killed. >> darya: dozens are dead, hundreds injured in a powerful earthquake in new zealand. >> mark: we're hearing from libya's leader he is saying he's not leaving power. >> darya: back in the bay, shoppers at the safeway being warned to be aware and of their surroundings after a string of robberies. >> mark: snow in san francisco is that possibility? not today. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: it is a possibility by the end of the week, look at this gorgeous shot from mount tam you can see the ocean, free of fog. very chilly start but as we head towards the after van it could be the warmest day of the work
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week. cold temperatures that could lower the spell levels down pretty low to get to that and a few minutes here's your current temperatures 34 santa rosa. about 40 in napa, low 40's in the south bay. by the afternoon are highs will get to the upper 50s, 58 santa rosa, 55 san francisco. the coast = 50s. 57 on view, save for a oakland, hayward. satellite, radar shows the storm from yesterday kind of just rolling down the coast leaving us with clear conditions. but, come thursday we're watching the storm coming in from canada that brings us plenty of rainfall. in fact we could see snow. this is the type of light showers spreading
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south bridge on your thursday dropping down from the north bay it looks like snow levels dropped 2,000 ft.. friday into saturday with that we could lower those levels down to 500 ft. even out to sea level certainly could set some records. watching the sierra snow levels they're expected to dip down to 1,000 ft.. check it out, 4-8 in. expected. two-3 ft. 4,000 ft snow is really going to be in the forefront of our forecasts. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. sunday, drive the next few days, cold, rainy thursday- friday. shares continued to saturday a break on sunday. george? >> george: still checking some hot spots, but delays for the commute. interstate
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80 the early morning accident that backed up what it been a trouble-free ride we still have not recovered from those early morning delays. were now looking at two hours that things have been jammed up. look at this 580 ride the delays are persistent. heading through richmond on the 580 freeway. bay bridge is not a problem that limits freeway is still slow going in both directions. but northbound still backed up and out of san leandro up past the coliseum. at particularly slow rather than the mets freeway. from here to the golden gate bridge, a look good to read out how we-101 southbound looks good. we did have some delays in rent no big backups, but now it has not been close to
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hotspot or a problem. the ride across town through is looks good, and bound is lighted up the there's no backup or delay. the james lick freeway for 101 southbound. >> mark: a tragic turn of events as four americans held hostage by pirates have been killed. this marks the first time u.s. citizens have been murdered in part attacks. it was hijacked last friday, on board were scott said his wife of marina del rey. phyllis m. bulger of seattle. it was being shattered by war ship naval forces supported after hearing gunfire they tried to provide life-saving care but they died. two pilots were killed during the confrontation 13 others captured >> darya: . we are watching
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the aftermath of that giant earthquake that the dignity zealand 6.3 the second time that this area has been hit this one less than the 7.0 but it did a lot more damage they're looking for more victims embodies try to pull out survivors there are about 100 people they think are still trapped. 65 people have been confirmed dead so far. this quake hit during a very busy time of the workday. the mayor has declared a state of emergency. >> buildings around us were hoping nothing falls on us i lost my house. we have to wait and see. this could be it. it was very bad.
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>> it is scary. i am upset. we were so hard. >> edges bounce all of the place. i don't know of my husband is.where my husband is. >> darya: this was the second major quake to hit it five months. this quake did a lot more damage. of the 65 killed betty ross onto buses crushed by--buses. >> mark: were addressed in libya protests becoming deadly protesters are geared up for another day of protests. video covington of
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of pro-government supporters. the leader spoke this morning saying he will not give up power. >> i have paid the price of migrating here. my grandfather has felt.l. it is possible that i leave this place. i will be on moderate at the end. >> mark: he took part in a bloodless coy, but to execute anyone core operating of outside forces. now to bahrain the biggest demonstrations are underway. 30,000 people were marching to the center of the capital area thousands attended a funeral for a protester shot last week.
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the government is encouraging people to embrace the look. the opposition properties says he plans to return home after that the government announced closing case is against shareholders accused of plotting against the key. watching the effects on wall street. big concerns about libya it is the 18th largest auto supplier in the world. oil prices are the three year high. we're seeing a sharp drop on wall street. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. honey...? [ mom ] yes.
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>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. you need to be wary six people had been brought after leaving the safeway store. >> mark: suspects are apparently going after one type of sharper.shopper.
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>> will: apparently the suspects are going after people who can least defend themselves. the elderly at the safeway store in the oakland hills. it all starts here in the parking lot, the suspects in their car, leave for victims to come out. -- wait. the suspects follow them home in their car, once the victims repair homereached r homes they rob them in their driveways or their grudge. i spoke to several officers who told me there were police briefing to want to be on the lookout. they're looking for a white suv,
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s.c. the sagamore informational pass on to you. oakland, will tran, kron4 news. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look from the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is backed up towards the end of the lot the commute is back.
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>> mark: bill welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live look here over mount tam, but ascension to a cold morning we're all keeping our eyes of the potential for snow. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: could be more snow by the end of the week. temperatures start to warm up it was a cold start to that day by the afternoon, today bringing us some of the warmest temperatures. san francisco 45 degrees, at noon warming up to the '50s to high-temperature 55 upper '40's by the a clock tower. forties' across the board and places like oakland,
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hayward. highs into the upper 50s. to the delta, but we will stay at 57 degrees same story for oakland, hayward, san jose. 53 degrees along half moon bay. satellite, radar shows as the storm from yesterday slid along the coastline pushing to the south. we'll expect lots of sunshine but all eyes are to the north because come thursday a storm system dropping down from canada brings with plenty of moisture and cold air. england expect lower snow levels of looks like thursday we will have sharers. --showers. snow levels drop friday morning down to 1,000 ft.. even lower friday into saturday
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there is potential for snow down to 500 ft. even down to snow level as well we are watching the sierra, bringing the snow levels down to 1,000 ft.. even up in the sierra los no levels as well. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. continued dry weather, lots of sunshine it all changes thursday, friday a mixture of snow and rain is expected first break from the wet weather sunday. george. >> george: still tracking some hot spots. the ride on interstate 580 there was a stall the backed up the traffic where it's still sluggish here in the westbound direction as you head out of livermore. that is where you see the slowest traffic especially heading
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at par to your way boulevard. --if your way boulevard. still heavy from highway 4 to down to san papillote continuing into richmond. finally seeing some improvement for the westbound 5/8 your commute. from here work and give you a look at your right to the bay bridge the traffic has been steady. it's 3 that the over crossing, it has never been worse than that. that's a pretty good ride lasts the south bay, 101 this is about the only slow spot for the south bay is the 101 ride which is heavy before the parkway up past the expressway. san jose's new police chief has broadened
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the definition of racial profiling. >> darya: the new policy makes it a violation for an officer to show any bias behavior at any time during an encounter with the public. it was a previously of violation if they only stop them because of race or gender demanding a closer look at the bias complaints from the past four years. police investigated 150 but eventually dismissed the mall. >> mark: a move is being made off the field to protect money the city council is taking a proactive approach to securing development funds planned for the new stadium in a meeting scheduled for this evening they plan to " demoralize " to certain plants of the deal shortly after governor brown took office he proposed doing away with them and funneling the money to schools and local government. santa clara has no backup plan
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should they lose the $40 million redevelopment funds that they're using it to build the stadium. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. let's get a look here at the sunny san mateo bridge traffic is nice, light.
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>> darya: the government has opened a preliminary investigation into reports of stalling and to in more than 40,000 toyota hybrids. they say it is received 32 complaints alleging stalling engines in the highlander from the 2006 model year that been no crash's or injuries reported toyota has recalled more than $12 million since 2009. former rebel city manager is facing a hearing today he's accused of buying off the city council with salaries and falsifying records to hide
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his own salary. authorities say he masterminded this committethis scheme that of they of $5.5 million. one person is dead after a bus crash in san bernadine know. it was a church bus with the least 20 people on board its lead over the side of a highway investigators believe it collided with another car. the bus slammed into trees and a powerfuer pole. >> darya: authorities in southern california are investigating graffiti are residenmessages. one says both n must die the president was the event identified by using racial slurs. the
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graffiti was within a mile of where other death threats against governor brown was spotted last month. they're voting in chicago for the first jewish, hispanic or black woman elected mayor. the one i have to get 50 percent of the votes plus one to avoid a runoff. >> mark: back here in the bay area police asking the public's help identify them and his body was found. pleasanton police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man whose body was found this morning along an old railroad easement. the body was discovered at about 7:20 a.m. at the foot of an embankment south of valley avenue and east of case avenue. the victim was a white man who appears to have been in his late 40s or early 50s, with thinning gray hair, who was mostly bald. he was between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall, and he weighed 250 to 260 pounds. he was wearing gray shorts and a blue long- sleeved sweatshirt, and had tennis shoes at the time of his death. the man appears to have been walking down the railway easement and might have been heading home from raley's supermarket. the death is being considered suspicious. a police stand
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up in daly city we cover this live yesterday morning. it ended peacefully after six hours. it promptit was promd by violent shot heard. the swat team was called a vote after six hours the couple surrendered. the woman was very upset the police did not believe she was held against her will. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. let's get a live look at the golden gate bridge it has been pretty busy as people are either going to work or a vacation. sunday, cold look from my stay this afternoon.
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>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. watching bay area weather and traffic of live look from san jose traffic is backed out.up. more
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traffic in a moment first weather. here's a live look from mount tam. pretty looking view. to use it as we move the camera around there's a lot of snow up there on mount tam possibly now, here is a look at the weather. more to weather. >> louisa: by the afternoon are highs could warm up. it could be the warmest day of the week today. cool air is expected to move in we could even see some of that wet weather translate into snow. first current temperatures, warm up into the '40's. 45 san francisco, 40 san jose. by the afternoon those ties will climb into the upper 50s fairfield, napa, vallejo 57.
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mid-50s in downtown san francisco. highs will actually warm up in the upper 50s. satellite, radar shows is the strongest bank continued to roll down to the south pastor area leaving us with clear conditions expect lots of sunshine today, tomorrow. come thursday we see a storm dropping in from the north it has the potential of some snow. we will spread southward on thursday by early friday morning the snow levels could shot down to 1,000 ft. continue to drop on friday by late friday night in tears saturday we could see snow showers down to about 500 ft. even dipping down near sea level. if you're heading out to tahoe los snow levels at about 1,000 ft. 4- 8 in. at the 1500 level. here is a look at your 7 day
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around the bay. shows more sunshine the next couple of days take a greenwich of it because a slew of wet and cold weather is expected before the end of the week. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we could catch a break on sunday create chance of showers. >> george: still tracking a slowdown hotspot for their ride on 680, there was a slow but we're still pretty heavy. the heavy traffic clears want to get out parts 580, so does 680 southbound. looking at the commute on highly-1013 san jose, we have some slowing from the
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money to expressway. that is really the last of the slow traffic. san mateo bridge ride it is good, light traffic now in both directions. highway 92 through hayward looks much better. >> mark: following the latest of to of christchurch, new zealand. the death toll stands at 65. it is approaching daylight on wednesday. the search continues for survivors. the quake struck in the height of the busy work today with the building's top uncluttered is falling.topplings claimed a state of emergency when this is a was very scary. as we take a look,
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here's quake was centered right near christchurch. there were aftershocks and in people back into the streets in the overnight hours. we have the latest pictures coming and this is a picture of the catholic cathedral. that is one of the dumb see seeing green down on the ground. look at the streets, cars just crushed. this is a three story building is reduced to one story. people were trapped in their rooftops during the overnight hours city streets are lined with debris. we will follow the latest as we see cars crushed with debris. >> darya: developing this our unrest in libya because the more deadly, protesters are gearing up for another
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major confrontation. there is word that demonstrators are regrouping tonight for a big protest. this is a video of the pro government supporters rallying. >> we have resisted we will never surrender. we are resisting. >> darya: yvette to execute anyone who found to be cooperating with outside forces. in yemen, thousands are calling for the ouster of their leader. he has been the target of widespread protest for three weeks now. he said he will not step down till the end of his term. he has put security forces will not fire on the protesters still covered by
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local officials have reported 11 people killed. >> mark: a tragic turn of events., four americans taken hostage by somali pirates off east africa were shot said, marking the first time u.s. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks. the quest was the home of jean and scott adam, a couple from california who had been sailing around the world since december 2004 the two other americans on board were phyllis macay and bob riggle, of seattle, washington. u.s. naval forces, who were trailing the americans' captured yacht with four warships, quickly boarded the vessel after hearing the gunfire and tried to provide lifesaving care to the americans, but they died of their wounds. a rocket grenade was fired at the needy were bessel they quickly boarded after that but the american side of their rooms. to parents died cover 13 captured. --to
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>> darya: here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. it looks like it is a nice day, you can see the sunshine, we will get warmed up until we finally see 58 for the warmest area this afternoon. tomorrow looks like terry peak, we lose a few degrees--it macebearer tahoe the next chance roles in. >> mark: protests continued in wisconsin, here pictures out of wisconsin. we of all the latest. we're learning that the assembly are going to vote to cut collective bargaining rights for public employees. it looks like it will not pass the senate because they don't have the votes to take boat. 14
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democrats to make up the senate have disappeared. there as of the state. that leaves the senate one vote short of a form. in our capital lawmakers are getting ready to focus on the $26.6 billion budget shortfall, there will also tackle over 2000 bills. one will require convicted sex offenders to have a quotation on their driver's license or other identification. it will also require written notice given to neighbors who live in the area of our parole molester. a tax on every ounce of sugar sweetened beverages to help fight child of obesity. >> darya: there is instability in africa, the ivory coast supplies 40 percent of the world cocoa beans which is used for chocolate. they have an
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ongoing political battle. so, they have a ban on exports, it has said cocoa prices to a three-year high. >> mark: let's check out mantegna and as we showed you a beautifu vie bay area bars
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a $29 value, free! just mention life60. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a developing story that followed from are drowning. confirmed sunday that they found the bodies of two down walnut creek during saturday's storm. on sunday, the remains of their were discovered in concord. 16- year-old matthew miller powell. kron4 is craig sklar has more. >> reporter: it's a difficult time knowing that two students died tragically. news of the accident came as the stock even to those who did not know the boys. >> i felt pretty bad, sat.
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speak-e even if you don't know the person as a friend, and makes you think about your own mortality. >> for those the new deploys they have fond memories. >> great guys. great personality. always wanted to on adventures. there were risktakers. >> there recall, risktakers. matt wanted to be president since u.s. interest rate. >> they all used to wear bright yellow like jackets. >> reporter: grief counselors are i can best to help them get through this situation. >> is another big snowstorm across the midwest here's the scene from south dakota. >> mark: they saw record snowfall there more than 15
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in. from snow to flooding, this is from iowa, it forced the river to overflow. some homeowners say the water grew so quickly they didn't have time to salvage their belongings. in the bay area at cold morning, at least we have the sunshine. let us find out what's in store. >> louisa: cold temperatures are expected finally warming up into the forties, by the afternoon we will see temperatures the upper 50s. 58 degrees for santa rosa, 55 san francisco. to the east bay temperatures river around 57 for oakland, hayward, mountain view. 53 decreasin the east bay. we havea
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storm dropping through from canada that could bring the snow and rain. very cold air could lower though snow levels down near sea level. we are keeping our eye on that. the time line could bring us some showers on your thursday. early morning, snow levels are down to eight out 8,000 ft.. --about. even then to see level as well. tahoe, low snow levels, gust over the peak at 50 m.p.h. two-feet 3 ft. are expected. snow levels could see it piling up once again. for-8 in. at 1,500 ft.. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay.
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if it is by the end of the wheat thursday, setting things start to shake up. potential for snow in the hills and lower than that by friday night. catch a break from the wet weather on sunday to get this back on monday. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: still attracting some slow traffic on interstate 680, still sluggish until livermore. not as bad as it had been, much improved pushing. southbou- 680 looks good. pretty easy read. slumberous sluggish traffic, otherwise not too bad. tracking the ride upon interstate 8-880 still behind schedule of san leandro. it is not a hot spot but the slow spot. from
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here to the bay bridge, a look at your commute to the toll plaza. westbound is steady right here at the end of the east parking lot. it has been there since the leading lights were activated. they ate zero approaches the best to the bridge just a bit of a backup. --880. you're right to san francisco, across town, and bound, very light. --ride your ride. >> mark: i don't know about you but i know where i'd rather be and that's where byrne is he's at the desert in scottsdale as the giants' spring training gets underway. good morning conference. >> reporter: the world champs are out on the field
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ran out of the other crowd seems kind of quiet, there is allied to them. give us a wave. for there waving as the giants are going to work territory now. they go from the amount, the jury get the runner at first base. behind me, the outfielders and doing their work carrot's catching pop flies, grounders, it is business as usual. there are two other auxiliary field beyond right field you cannot see, that's where the rest of the squad is. they have 3-3 1/2 hour workout. they had a baseball meeting this morning but topps baseball league pitchers are here, that is something to show their kids and their friends as take, the road champs are here. you haven't been able
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to see that in 50 years. brian wilson who had been out with a stiff back pitch yesterday boy cover he westering beebe's. he was just humming them in. the manager stepped in at the plate as a fake batter to get the feel for brian wilson. brian wilson and charlie sheen were handing out charlie sheen said a plane to pick about, he left and let charlie sheen at his home to talk about major league-4. there will be a fourth one, he was brought in as a consultant. charlie sheen plays a relief pitcher much like brian wilson.
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that is the story right here, these guys will be aired here and tell 1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.. we will be here later on to junior at 4 and 5:00 with the latest are in your san francisco giants. i know you want to be here. >> mark: i don't know what's the carrier tried to get inside brian wilson's mind or the fact that they're making a major league-4? (laughter) >> reporter: i don't know. (laughter) >> darya: back with market couple of minutes, let's take a live look outside at the approach to the bay bridge not much about back up. we will be right back.
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>> darya: 9:56 a.m. bay area home sales have dropped but sales are still higher in 2011 than they were the same time in 2010. overall home sales rose slightly in the
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early 2011 compared to the same time last year. napa county had the highest increase rising 35.6%, solano counties that the biggest drop with 3%. >> mark: wall street, the on the rest of the middle street is hitting today. with the unrest in libya, the dow is off 66. while is at the highest level in three years. --oil. >> darya: here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. sunshine warming up this afternoon a couple of good days and then the rain, the cold, the style roll in. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.
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>> it was terrifying i thought i was going to die. >> james: at least 100 people
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missing, believed buried in the rebel of an earthquake in new zealand. will bring you the latest of what america is doing to help. four americans held hostage aboard a yacht has been killed. war imminent.more in a e latest set of libya khaddafi promises to fight and die as a martyr. --gaddafi-- >> james: february 22nd, much cooler temperatures outside let's talk about the weather. alive look for mount tam. >> janu: we did have a cool start today clear conditions out there. lots of sunshine but that
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cool start this morning. this may be the warmest day of are hour work week. 40 for san rosa, mid-40s along the coast, 54 for a half moon bay. 56 novato, mid-50s to resent francisco. 57 for napa and fairfieldfor san francisco. upps for the south bay. the bay area is clear but it is showing that storm that is moving along the coast. cool air is blowing in from the gulf of alaska. the storm from western canada it is dropping down it will bring us wet weather and cold weather. lets take a look ahead.
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showers moving south thursday, snow levels bay dropped to 1,000 ft.. maybe even lower over night. we might see snow dusting in san francisco. a winter storm watch in effect through sara. just maybe up to 50 mi. an hour it will cause when it conditions. 4,000 ft. will get two-3 ft. of snow. 7 day around the bay shows us dry clear conditions today and tomorrow. that weather changes thursday. showers will continue to the weekend. let's get a check on traffic. >> erica: 1 slow down hot spot remained around the bay area. it was the first one this morning around 6:00 a.m., your ride out
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of hercules, yellow and your screen indicating speeds down to 30 mi. an hour. sluggish towards richmond, towards albany and berkeley we have slowing go conditions. in the bay bridge there is a back up on and the cash lane. we had an accident reported just past the toll plaza before the meter lights appeare. 101 moves well we are g some punching new the trouble to look for is the exit.well. >> james: 65 people have been killed in christ church in zeeland after a 6.3 earthquake struck in the afternoon thereine
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earthquake hit. they are trying to dig out 100 people missing under this rubble. the mayor has declared a state of emergency in fact has ordered people to evacuate the city center. we heard from witnesses describing the fear. >> we saw the top of the keep the drug come down. kick the dr >> i'm alive that's a nice thing i don't know how one got out. >> you look that way.
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>> james: within hours of the quake schools emergency response team set up this web tool to help post information about friends and family. there are some to simple likes that one is saying i have information about someone or i am looking for somebody. brings you to page like this type and part of the name or a whole name if you know it. we will search family. it will come up with search results. and now here somebody has to receive information this person is alive. this is the great tool for people looking for relatives or friends that
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are there. we will follow the latest. we will incorporating www.kron4.com into this coverage. america's deadliest hijacking. >> reporter: their journey started out as a group yacht to are in thailand. for tourists on board the quest left to move by india they took a different path. a group of pilotpirates tk the dog. warships were following the yacht and they were trying to free the tourists. tuesday u.s. forces found all four hostages shot dead. >> to pirates were dead, on
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board the vessel when they boarded. as they were clearing at belowdecks there were two more pirates who were killed in the clearing process. >> reporter: friends say the couple had look forward to their trip. >> scott and i had lunch at the end of last year. and we discussed at length, the process somebody would go through to make the decision to go through this area. and what he said was he had a strong desire to sail with his own boat around the world. she was having a difficult time with the heat of the tropics and wanted to get to european waters. this is a common root for european boats to take. the last leg to get home. >> reporter: officials say 19 pirates were involved in the hijacking of the vessel. for
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dead, 15 others are in custody. >> james: meanwhile elsewhere in the world libya leader promises to die a murder. he delivered that speech this morning. at times he was shouting, pounding his fist. he spoke from the podium at a bombed out house. the u.s. is speaking out condemning the violence that has erupted in libya. that toturmoil is affecting in the data appearedoe news in a moment.
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>> james: 10:11 a.m., six people have been robbed after leaving safelight. the suspects are going after one type of shopper. the robberies are actually taking place at the victims' homes. >> will: the suspects go after people who least then themselves the elderldefend themselves the. it starts in the parking lot suspects in the car waiting for the victims to come out. the older shoppers to come out with the treasury spirit they load up cars and drive home thinking everything is ok. they don't know that the suspects are following them in their car. once the victims reached their homes, the suspects rob them at gunpoint in their driveways. i spoke with police officers who
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told me, police briefing told them to be on the lookout. looking for white as you besuv.n as i get more affirmation on their investigation i will pass that information along. will tran kron 4 news. >> james: we will be back at a closer look at it interesting forecast. that next.
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>> james: 10:16 a.m., the grief counselors are on hand after two students died over the weekend. >> reporter: students are coming in with a collective heavy heart morning the last of the students who died over the weekend and he stood is this is an emotional shock. >> i felt pretty bad, sad. i
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didn't know what to think, it was tough. >> reporter: others have fog memories of the boys. >> they never just passed by. there were cool. they're down to earth kids. >> reporter: many students wore yellow it was the color of their bike team. >> they were yellow as team jackets. >> reporter: students are trying to get through the difficult time. >> james: 10:17 a.m., we have another cold start for your day. blue skies, san francisco 46, hitting your high of 55. 46 in san rosa, napa, warm around the
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coast 54 at half moon bay, '50s and around the delta. warming up to 58 for san rosa, 573 napa, continuing to see 57 is down the east bay into the livermore valley. 58 for the south bay. radar shows clear conditions today. that storm the past by yesterday is just going along the coast here. there is a storm dropping down from western canada. along with the wet weather will bring cool air appeared so col. snow levels wio about 1,000 ft. early friday morning. friday night into saturday morning dropping down to 500 ft.. maybe even sea level. we might see some snow in
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san francisco. winter storm watch in the sierra. thursday, friday night 2-3 ft. of snow expected over 4,000 ft.. 7 day around the bay, showing this clear, dry conditions today. thursday we will see cold, rainy conditions. showers saturday may be dry on sunday, that chance of rain back in the forecast next work week. >> erica: we are a bit behind schedule northbound nimitz. speeds are as low as 18 mi. an hour. we had a couple of earlier accidents through oakland,
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westbound 580 has been completely cleared, speeds 50 mi. an hour. the bay bridge toll plaza still backed up here, at 880 over cross is your best approach. meter lights are on, expect five minute delay approaching san francisco this morning. crosstown freeways in san francisco traffic moves while at 1 01-80 split. public transit has been enjoyable all morning long. james? >> james: saplace in florida are looking for a man who shot and killed an officer last night. we have a photo of him on the left. he was responding to a call when dispatchers got a call saying gunfire erupted. and crawford had been shot multiple times. three schools were shut down as they looked for the
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shooter. this is the third shooting in less than a month. the government has opened an investigation into reports of stalling inches in 40,000 toyota spiri. it has received 32 compls alleging stalling engines. there has been no injuries or crashes. toyota recalled 12 million vehicles locally since 2009. we'll tell you if this is added to the list. airlines are trying to increase fares for airline tickets. american, continental, raised prices yesterday by 20- $60 per round trip. the airline's dealing with 50% increase in spot prices for jet
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fuel. this just did i want a share live pictures coming out of the atlantic area. and just rescued a worker who had been trapped down a whole. of front of an apartment building. he fell down and 8 ft. hole, was unconscious. emergency crews are there, in these few moments they pulled him from that hole and placed him in the ambulance. they're treating him at the scene, he will be added to the hospital to get better treatment. hopefully a positive result and and to a tense situation out there in the atlanta area. 10:22 a.m., a live shot at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is stop and go making your ride into san francisco. back with more in a moment.
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>> james: the 70 forecast,
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today, tomorrow not bad. if you have an outdoor plants this is the best time to do it. the schoocool air comes thursday, friday. cold enough to the snow levels may get below 1,000 ft.. we may get down to sea level. we might have snow over the weekend. watching the big board, the dow was down by quite a big margin. s&p off by 26, in nasdaq down 70. everybody responding to libya. chinese market's negative, and so is france. back in the u.s. wisconsin jack fitzgerald says republican held
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chamber will pass a bill cutting collective bargaining rights for most public employees. despite protests inside the capitol that have gone on for a week. he says republicans were elected to lead the assembly to make deep cuts and they will deliver. 10:26 a.m., when we come back off a look at your forecast appeared a lot of changes by the time the weekend gets here.
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>> james: 10:29 a.m., out of new zealand will look at pictures appeared 65 people were reported killed now in new zealand after a 6.3 earthquake struck there in the height of the business day estimate of 100 people trapped under the rubble. that struck in the height of the afternoon,
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when people were inside those high-rises. they have ordered people out of the city center. to many buildings are unsafe right now. >> reporter: chris quick rocks christ church new zealand. powerful aftershocks and buildings crumbled. >> it was frightening. the roughest ride. > >> reporter: they can't believe it's happening again. the streets were crowded office buildings fall. there are dozens of fatalities. city's cathedral
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is in ruins. >> to see people running out under the dust. there's no words. >> reporter: people are digging through rebel to free people who are trapped. cranes are being used to rescue people in tall buildings. power is out, some water mains have snapped. >> it's a worrying situation, it significantly under them. we send our sympathies. >> james: we have photos we can share with you that have come into our news room. this is the situation. rescue workers helping a workeperson out of the rubble. 100 people still under the rubble calling for help. you can see this car being crushed.
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this is a scene being played out in every street. this is an interesting shot. you can see how small the rescue worker is compared to the destruction around him. they're trying to get to people, as we approach the morning hours they are approaching evening there. we will continue to follow the spirit also out ous on www.krono in libya this video of pro governor people. gaddafi spoke earlier this morning is that he would not give up power. >> we have resisted the nato, we will never surrender. we said we are here, we are resisting.
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>> james: he vowed test execute anyone cooperating with outside forces. in yemen thousands calling for their leader to step down as well. he has been the target of wide spread protests. he said he will not step down before 2013. he said security forces will not fire on protesters. 11 people have been killed during the demonstration. all the unrest is callincausing problems with the world markets. the dow was down 176, the nasdaq down by 70. it was a tragic turn of events. four
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americans taken hostage by somali pirates off east africa were shot and killed by their captors monday, the u.s. military said, marking the first time u.s. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks. the quest was the home of jean and scott adam, a couple from california who had been sailing around the world since december 2004 with a yacht full of bibles. the two other americans on board were phyllis macay and bob riggle, of seattle, washington. u.s. naval forces, who were trailing the americans' captured yacht with four warships, quickly boarded the vessel after hearing the gunfire and tried to provide lifesaving care to the americans, but they died of their wounds. to pirates died as well in that confrontation. 13 other were captured. more on that story to come throughout the day. let's go to weather, a nice forecast today. that changes at the end of the week. >> janu: clear conditions today alive look at san jose. however
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we did have a cold start for today. this afternoon will be the warmest day of the work week. that will change as we head into carthey do this work week. 48 san rafael, 495 francisco, have been bay 54half. this afternoon upper 50s and mid-50s for san francisco. 57 down along the east bay and the livermore valley. lets take a look at satellite shows you clear today, that storm that hit this yesterday is trickling down the coast. cool air moving in from the gulf of alaska as well as the storm passing our way from western canada. wet
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weather, and colder. we may see snow at relatively low elevations. they will be dropping to 1,000 ft., even lower friday night into saturday morning. it could get down to 500 ft. maybe even sea level. next stuck we might see snow in san francisco. winter storm watch in the sierra starting thursday night. 2-3 ft. of snow at 4,000 ft.. 7 day around the bay clear conditions today, that changes thursday, cool and rainy conditions. we make such a dry patch on sunday and then more showers on monday. >> erica: we cleared out all the hopslope spots except for this e at the bay bridge toll plaza.
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slowing go conditions here, those meter lights still cycled on. to minute delays you make your way towards fremont streets have francisco. no problem in san mateo bridge, traffic is nice and light. colin gate bridge southbound 1 01 nice and light. traffic moving at the limit, no problems out of marin county. picking up another camera northbound and southbound 1 01. traffic moving through brisbane, this is brought to buy 7 yolyoli. >> james: downtown san francisco could see the first of all in more than 30 years this week. we
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went into our archive to see if we could find video of the last time it snowed. 1962 we shot a video out of sunnyvale. showers beginning thursday caring through till friday. chants of chance of snow. between friday night and saturday night snow elevations could drop down to sea level. the new san jose police chief has broadened the definition of racial profiling in what the department's independent watchdog and minority leaders call a huge shift in dealing with perceived officer bias. a policy change makes it a violation for an officer to show any biased behavior at any time during an encounter with the public. it was previously a violation only if the officer first stopped an individual solely because of race, gender or other bias. police chief chris moore, is also demanding a closer look at bias complaints. in the past four years, police investigated 150 bias complaints. the department did not sustain any of them. we will take a break
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at 10:38 a.m., as we go, baseball fans can still watch world champions from the comfort of your own home. live pictures on line. we will tell you how you can follow along as the team continues practicing. interviews flood in from all of the players. it is a fun thing. we will tell it you about it coming up.
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>> james: 10:42 a.m., if you're not in arizona and you can follow along as the giants began spring training. they have alive feel it feed. you can follow alonn our web site. we had to be at
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the plate earlier. they do interviews with the coaches, players appeared filming the reality tv show as well.. to fit com, we have like there for you. we will be right back
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>> james >> janu: welcome back to the morning news. a cool start for today. a beautiful shot from mt. tam. clear conditions as we head into the afternoon. things will change towards the end of the week. it will be cold and wet out there. aside in the '40's, 50's.48 outside upper 40's and w
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50s. in the afternoon upper 50s in san francisco, 57 fairfield as well as down on the east bay. finally take a look at satellite and radar showing you here today. it is showing the storm that trickled along the coast. piercing the cold air moving from the gulf alaska. storm pushes and from western canada on thursday. it brings rain and snowcold weather. snow levels dropping down to 1,000 ft. early friday morning. even lower into saturday morning. we might see snow at 500 ft. and sea level.
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you might see a dusting in san francisco. there will be out winter storm watch in effect thursday, friday in the sierra. gust getting up to 50 mi. an hour that might cause why it conditions making trouble has artist. snow levels dropping down 4-8 in. at 1,500 ft., 2-3 ft. at 4,000 ft.. 7 day around the bay shows clear and dry today and tomorrow. things change thursday cold and rainy. showers on saturday might have a clear package sunday seeing the rain moves back in monday. let's get a check on traffic. >> erica: the end of the back up on the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is low towards inferences go this morning. meter lights are cycled on, you can definitely see the end of the back up. no more problems getting to the bridge. traffic
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is at moving at the limit for all the approaches. san mateo bridge moving well all morning long. the golden gate bridge southbound 1 01 nice and light for your ride out of bring county. if you're headed out the door taking public transit no problems. james? >> james: the tragic news of the drowning in a moment craig has everyone in that school remembering those students fondly. an hour ago the principal spoke of the two teams. >> reporter: the first day back to school for people here since the death of matthew miller and gavin. at the offices the principal metalked about them.
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>> there good student, well liked, great people. >> reporter: he says grief counselors are being made available on campus for students teachers and parents. kron 4 news. >> james: former bell city manager is facing a hearing today on dozens of corruption charges. he is accused of buying off the city council with six- figure salaries then falsifying records to hide his annual salary. meanwhile in southern california one person is dead after bus crashes in san burn it dino. it happened yesterday afternoon when a
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church bus slid over the side of a highway. investigators believe it collided with a car traveling in the opposite direction slamming into a tree. a power pool, rolling 50 ft. down an embankment. california authorities are investigating graffiti threatening president barack obama and gov. jerry brown that was found on a wall in santa ana.the spray-painted messages included racial slurs and stated that both the president and gov. brown will "die soon." last month, death threats against brown as well as swastikas and other racist messages were found on buildings and churches in santa ana. similar threats were left in the same area last month. in chicago the polls are open, former white house chief emanuel is on the ballot he is pulled as
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the clear front runner right now. the winner must have 50 percent of the votes plus one to avoid a runoff. we have to take another break back with more. james lick freeway out of sanford cisco traffic is good bearsan francisco traffic is go.
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>> james: 10:56 a.m., 74 test. today and tomorrow will be great7 day around bay. today,
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tomorrow is going to be great. showers thursday night into friday. snow down to 1,000 ft.. maybe even getting down to sea level, we could see snow in san francisco. that will be interesting. keeping an eye on the big board dow is off by a huge bit this morning. the s&p off by 26, all of that on rest happening in libya. on the global markets not just here in the united states. in asian trading way off overnight. following all that through the day today. check kron 4 for all of that. go to our news link. you have a link for spring
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